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So Naaman came with his horses and chariots, and stood at the door of the house of Eliseus.

Eliseus sent a messenger to him, saying: "Go, and wash seven times in the Jordan, and thy flesh shall recover health, and thou shalt be clean.”

Naaman was angry and went away, saying: "I thought he would have come out to me, and standing, would have invoked the Name of the Lord his God, and touched with his hand the place of the leprosy, and healed me. Are not the rivers of Damascus better than all the waters of Israel, that I may wash in them, and be made clean?"

So, as he turned and was going away with indignation, his servants came and said to him: "Father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, surely thou shouldst have done it: how much rather what he now hath said to thee. 'Wash, and thou shalt be clean.""

Then Naaman went down and washed in the Jordan seven times, according to the word of the man of God, and his flesh was restored, like the flesh of a little child, and he was made clean.

So returning to Eliseus with all his train, he came and stood before him, and said: "In truth, I know there is no other God in all the earth, but only in Israel."

THE OLD TESTAMENT.

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Bethel (Beth'ĕl), a town in Pal- Joram (Jō'răm).

estine

Edom (E'dŭm), a region south of the Dead Sea.

Josaphat (Jos'à făt), one of the

kings of Juda.

Mesa (Mā'sä).

Jericho (Jěr'i kō), an ancient city Moab, an ancient kingdom of

of Palestine.

Jeroboam (Jĕr'ò bō′ăm).

Syria.

Naaman (Nāả mãn).

1. Who invested Eliseus with the prophetic office? 2. What favor did Eliseus ask of Elias just before he went up to heaven? 3. What was the first miracle which Eliseus performed? 4. What did the bad boys do, and how were they punished? 5. Repeat the conversation between King Josaphat and Eliseus. 6. What miracle did the prophet perform on that occasion? 7. Tell about the battle which ensued. 8. How did Eliseus treat the leper Naaman? 9. What did Naaman say to Eliseus?

1. Can you separate this selection into scenes suitable for dramatization? 2. How many scenes are there and who are the characters in each scene? 3. Write one scene in dramatic form. 4. With pencil or pen sketch a few simple pictures to illustrate any one incident in this selection.

POWER OF LOVE

'Tis not the work of force, but skill,

To find the way into man's will.
'Tis love alone can hearts unlock;

Who knows the word, he need not knock.

REV. RICHARD CRASHAW.

CARDINAL NEWMAN

John Henry Cardinal Newman (1801-1890) was one of the most brilliant literary men of England in the nineteenth century. He was born in London, England, in 1801, being the eldest of six children three boys and three girls. At the age of seven he was sent to a private school at Ealing. There he made a name as a bright, cheerful, hard-working student. Though in no way a precocious boy, he attracted attention by his original compositions in prose and verse in his eleventh year. After having spent eight years at Ealing, he entered Trinity College.

In 1824 he became a minister of the English Church, and shortly afterwards he was appointed Vicar of St. Mary's, Oxford.

A few years later the Tractarian Movement occupied the minds of the English people. Newman was at the head and front of this religious discussion, which was carried on in The London Times. The object of these tracts was to show that many doctrines held by the Catholic Church, but repudiated by the English Church, were true.

The outcome of the movement, which lasted more than ten years, was that John Henry Newman and many of his disciples were received into the Catholic Church, in 1845. He then went to Rome and was ordained to the priesthood three years later. In 1852, he was appointed rector of the Catholic University established in Dublin, and in 1879 he was raised to the Cardinalate by Pope Leo XIII.

Few English writers have written so many remarkable books on a great variety of subjects as Cardinal Newman. His story, Callista, is perhaps the only one of them which would interest boys and girls.

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LEAD, KINDLY LIGHT

Here we shall read the poem, which describes the states of mind through which Cardinal Newman passed on his way from the Church of England to the Bark of Peter. The poem has a special attraction for those who have learned to admire and love this great churchman, scholar, and writer.

Lead, kindly Light, amid th' encircling gloom,
Lead Thou me on;

The night is dark, and I am far from home,
Lead Thou me on.

Keep Thou my feet; I do not ask to see
The distant scene; one step enough for me.

I was not ever thus, nor prayed that Thou
Shouldst lead me on;

I loved to choose and see my path; but now
Lead Thou me on.

I loved the garish day; and, spite of fears,
Pride ruled my will: remember not past years.

So long Thy power hath blest me, sure it still
Will lead me on

O'er moor and fen, o'er crag and torrent, till
The night is gone,

And with the morn those angel faces smile,

Which I have loved long since, and lost a while.
JOHN HENRY NEWMAN.

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